Read Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman Online
Authors: Caryl Flinn
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Act I
Act II
Annie Get Your Gun (1966)
Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields; songs by Irving Berlin; produced by Music
Theatre of Lincoln Center; directed by Jack Sydow; choreographed by Danny
Daniels; settings by Paul McGuire; costumes by Frank Thompson; orchestra under
the direction of Jonathan Anderson.
Opened at Lincoln Center's New York State Theatre on May 31, 1966; reopened
at the Broadway Theatre, September 21, 1966. 78 performances.
PRIMARY CAST
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Act I
Act II
Hello, Dolly! (1970)
Book by Michael Stewart; songs by Jerry Herman; produced by David Merrick; directed and choreographed by Lucia Victor, after Dolly's original direction and choreography by Gower Champion; settings by Oliver Smith; costumes by Freddy Wittop;
orchestra under the direction of Saul Schechtman.
Opened at the St. James Theatre on January 16, 1964; Ethel Merman joined cast
on March z8, 1970. 2,844 performances.
PRIMARY CAST
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Act I
Act II
FILMOGRAPHY
Shorts
The Cave Club (1930)
Warner's Vitaphone #999. No known copy exists.
Cast: Marjorie Leach
Frank Tinney
Ted Lewis
Ethel Merman
Frank Pierlot
Harriet Harbaugh
Her Future (1930)
Paramount
Written and directed by Mort Blumenstock. Musical
arrangements by Al Siegel.
Songs: "My Future Just Passed" and "Sing, You Sinners"
Devil Sea (1931)
Paramount
Written and directed by Mort Blumenstock. Musical
arrangements by Al Siegel.
Songs: "Devil Sea" and "I've Got My Man"
Cast: Ethel Merman
Leslie Stowe
Roaming (1931)
Paramount
Written and directed by Casey Robinson. Songs by Johnny
Green.
Songs: "Hello, My Lover, Goodbye" and "Shake Well before
Using"
Ireno (1931)
Paramount
Directed by Aubrey Scotto. Written by Aubrey Scott and
Andrew Bennison.
Songs: "Shadows on the Wall" and "Wipe That Frown Right off
Your Face"
Cast: Ethel Merman as Irene
Be Like Me (1930
Paramount
Written and directed by Aubrey Scott
Songs: "After You've Gone" and "Be Like Me"
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1932)
Paramount
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Song: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
Cast: Ethel Merman
Voice of Mae Questel as Betty Boop
You Try Somebody Else (1932)
Paramount
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Song: "You Try Somebody Else"
Cast: Ethel Merman
Voice of Mae Questel as Betty Boop
Time on My Hands (1932)
Paramount
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Song: "Time on My Hands"
Cast: Ethel Merman
Voice of Mae Questel as Betty Boop
Old Man Blues (1932)
Paramount
Directed by Aubrey Scotto. Written by J. P. Murray, Barry
Trivers, and Ben Oakland. Set design by Max E. Hayes.
Songs: "Old Man Blues" and "He Doesn't Love Me Anymore"